HepCat,
AsI have posted before, I think that the increase in inventory turns and efficiency will be due to the new facilities coming on line.
I have not toured the older production facilities, so do not know this for a fact. My conclusion is based on the following:
1. The new METRIC 12 facility, which I and others have toured, does provide Order-to-out-the-door-product within that time frame.
2. I have hearsay evidence that the older facilities (producing servers and notebooks, I think) are not as efficient as the Metric 12. That holds true logically as well.
3. The new facilities being built will logically include all of the newest innovations incorporated in the Metric 12 facility, as well as any new ideas which have arisen since it was built.
4. Austin's new production facility (for servers, I think) is due to come on line this fall.
5. At that time, DELL's turn-around time should dramatically increase. Which would fit nicely with the prediction of 'by the end of the year'.
NOTE: there is a fair amount of conjecture in my reasoning, so I may be off base.
regards, and still DELLish, 3. |
